Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shakeit, the more sour it grows.

The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.

Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

It's better to let someone think you are an Idiot than to open your mouth and prove it.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

A manneed never revenge himself; the body of his enemy will be brought to his owndoor.

Love is an act of faith and whoever is of little faith is also of little love.

Nosnowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Compromise.Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

It isn't important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive.

Repentance is the attempt of the inner man to return home after wonderful night out